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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Matt Wells

Media Talk for Friday May 26

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The European Media Forum (whoever they are) say the BBC should be made to sell off Radios 1 and 2. Paul Robinson has read their report and tells us what he thinks of it.

Emily Bell is back - and it turns out she wasn't in Paris last week after all, having failed to get a ticket for the big match. We make her work for her money this week, discussing podcast advertising, the gathering coalition against the BBC - and she manages to get time to sound off against the new-look Newsnight.

Sir Christopher Meyer, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, defends his tenure in charge of the press watchdog, under close questioning from MediaGuardian's Kim Fletcher. And Gareth McLean brings us the benefit of his thoughts on everything from Big Brother to the Guardian's D&AD award.

We launch our podpost hotline this week: if you've got Skype, you can call us with your questions or comments at GU_studio and leave us a recorded message. You can also record comments on an audio file and email them to us (media@theguardian.com). Or just post your comments here. And before you ask, yes, the podcast was recorded before Stephen Carter announced he was stepping down from Ofcom - we might discuss that next week. Happy listening!

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